A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Banana Yoshimoto

Fuku Eri

Kazuo Ishiguro

Haruki Murakami
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
An unnamed narrator

Kiki

A ghost

Kazuo
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1945

1982

1999

2001
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
Japan

Canada

China

United States
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?
Tokyo

Beijing

Toronto

New York
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Future tense

Pluperfect

Past tense

Present tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Animated film

Novel

Short story

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Nonfiction essay

Science fiction

Literary fiction

Children's Literature
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Pufferfish

Tuna

Eel

Salmon
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His mother died from eating it

It's his favorite food

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His father died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its stomach

Its eyes

Its gills

Its sexual glands
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They die at the table

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They become bed-bound for a year

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
California

Toronto

Tokyo

London
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Canada

Germany

Japan

France
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Woven floor mat

Variety of Japanese tea

Drinking glass

Type of fish
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Mao Zedong

Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping

Prime Minister Abe
17 Why did Father retire from working?
He wanted to spend more time with his wife

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?
The narrator's brother

Father's business partner

Mother's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on his wife

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident

He had cheated on Kikuko
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a maid

She is a university student

She is a chef

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Tokyo

Kamakura

Toronto

Osaka
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Synonym for lawn

Japanese pond

Zen rock garden

Covered patio
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Chewing gum

Drinking

Smoking

Spitting
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Suichi

Kazumi

Kobe

Watanabe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Jumping in a well

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Finding her mother's killer

Moving home with her father

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